2009-04-25T21:10:10-04:00 2008-01-14T08:20:11-05:00 16 2008-01-12T00:32:57-05:00 This was just one of those straight-outta-the-head designs. One morning there I was, brushing my teeth and blinking a stubbon contact into submission when suddenly WHAMMO: Zebra. Barcode. Bamboo. Do zebras even cohabitate with bamboo? Doubt it. Do the markings of a zebra, in turn, possess any relation to the stripes on a barcode? Visually, well sure, but functionally? Well, maybe, but that’s only according to some hippologists who beleive that zebras use these markings to recognize one another. (Much as a scanner uses barcodes to differentiate between products) Another theory is that the stripes serve as camoflauge, protecting against predators such as lions who are colorblind and unable to distinguish between a zebra’s black and white markings and tall blades of grass. But! This design does make up for its lack of depth with its cryptological message, burried deep in the soil beneath a rich fauna of numeric symbols. Mm! Fauna. No, but seriously, those numbers do actually have some significance, and it isn’t that hard to figure out. I mean, you shouldn’t have to like hijack a U-boat or anything. (A cellphone helps) 27 1646 441 UPC 1490 2 2009-11-08T02:43:16-05:00 2120 http://cache1.emptees.com/images/6556/UPCemptees.jpg http://emptees.com/tees/1646-upc/buy